Bukowski fans can welcome the new year at annual memorial tribute reading at Cornelia Street Cafe
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St. between West Fourth & Bleecker Sts.
Friday, January 3, $8 (includes free drink), 6:00 – 8:00
212-989-9319
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
We’re not sure we’ve ever felt like Charles Bukowski probably felt after a New Year’s Eve bender, but we can’t think of a much better way to prepare for the next twelve months than at the fifth annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading at the Cornelia Street Cafe. On January 3, a diverse group of fans will descend on the West Village institution and read works by, about, and inspired by the author of such books as Factotum, Barfly, Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window, Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts, and Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit. Hosted by Kat Georges of Three Rooms Press, the evening includes poetry readings and performances by Mike Daisey, Peter Carlaftes, Angelo Verga, Richard Vetere, Michael Puzzo, Puma Perl, and Georges, videos of Bukowski, prizes, book and CD giveaways, and, appropriately, one free drink with admission. Also appropriately, a post on the bukowski.net forum noted in the past that this is “an event that would have made Bukowski wretch.” And if you want to read your own favorite piece by Bukowski or inspired by him, you can sign up to participate as well, but you need to get there before six.